For an Architect’s Training

Editors: Ana Tostões, Ivan Blasi

Guest editors: Gonçalo Canto Moniz

Keywords: Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.I.ROC6DD0X


The variety of discussions on architects’ mission, on architectural discipline and the recall on some key figures explain the argument of this Journal entitled For an Architect’s Training. The title quotes Walter Gropius’ “Blueprint for an architect’s training” spread through the French magazine L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui in February 1950 (number 28), dedicated to “Walter Gropius, the spread of an idea” and realized by Paul Rudolph under the direction of Gropius himself who developed his ideas on design education between art and technique, creation, research and applied science.
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Editorial

For an Architect’s Training towards Responsibility
Ana Tostões


Essays

“Training the Architect”: Modern Architectural Education Experiences
Gonçalo Canto Moniz

Notes on Education and Research around Architecture
Allen Cunningham

Phenomenon of the Russian Avant-garde. Moscow Architectural School of the 1920s
Elena Ovsyannikova, Vladimir Shukhov

Ernesto N. Rogers and the CIAM: Teaching for Democracy
Serena Maffioletti

Ludwig Hilberseimer at the Illinois Institute of Technology: Architectural Education, Organic Democracy and Colonization
Plácido González Martínez

Unity of Architectural Organism and Urban Form. The Teachings of Muratori and Quaroni in the School of Rome
Alessandra Capuano

The Teaching of Architecture and Urbanism in Brazil: 1930–1970
Ana Maria Goes Monteiro

Critical Eclecticism. The Way(s) of the Porto School
Eduardo Fernandes

The Beginning of the Beginning: Kahn and Architectural Education in Philadelphia
David Leatherbarrow

Architectural Practice, Education and Research: on Learning from Cambridge
Mário Krüger


Documentation Issues

The Restoration of Central City Alvar Aalto Library in Vyborg
Maija Kairamo, Tapani Mustonen

The Universidad Laboral de Cheste, a Modern Heritage Site Under Threat
Carmen Jordá, Maite Palomares

Modern Industrial Heritage in Romania: Extending the Boundaries to Protect the Recent Past
Oana Tiganea

From Industrial Site to University Campus. Sümerbank Kayseri Textile Factory
Burak Asiliskender


Interviews

Herman Hertzberger: an Interview on Education
Gonçalo Canto Moniz


News

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Book Reviews

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